The Book Publicist

Getting your culture right is your secret weapon. Your culture has the power to speed you up, slow you down, harness and deploy creativity or squash innovation and ultimately it will enable you to truly disrupt or to be an also-ran. Here's an entrepreneur's guide to company culture - what is it and why it matters - by Andrew Saffron, author of Better Culture Faster (Practical Inspiration Publishing) in Entrepreneur UK 📚 https://lnkd.in/dHxWdVJp

Happy Publication Day to Julia Binder, Knut Haanaes and all the other expert contributors at IMD. We're really enjoying working on this important and insightful new Wiley book, Leading The Sustainable Business Transformation

Here's what well-intentioned employers are getting *really wrong* about neurodiversity: ❌ responding to an increase in awareness with blanket approaches ❌ fragmented initiatives across an organisation ❌ attempting to measure belonging with SMART goals like disclosures ❌ one-off training events on specific conditions without being connected to wider strategies or support ❌ binary approaches of conditions being 'superpowers' or 'disabilities' ❌ confusion between their legal obligations and support such as Access to Work ❌ a lack of relevant, mandatory training - or additional resources where needed ❌ fear of providing support due to 'opening the floodgates' 🤦♀️ Which is possibly why employment tribunal claims relating to neurodivergence have increased by 30% in a year. 🙃 Here's how employers can get it right - and it's really not rocket science: ✅ training to reflect to underlying human values of empathy & connection - neurodivergence isn't limited to one medical condition ✅ providing psychological safety with neuro-affirmative training ✅ make conversations about neurodiversity relate to *everyone* - we all think differently ✅ teach the tools to have sensitive conversations with confidence ✅ mandatory disability training for managers & HR to ensure they understand their legal duties to make adjustments ✅ having reasonable adjustments policies to ensure everybody is on the same page (free sample: https://lnkd.in/eSb6CJYF) ✅ encouraging seeking support for all employees with flexibility and adaptability, such as hybrid working ✅ enabling all employees to work within their 'zone of genius' to utilise their unique strengths ✅ embracing neurodivergence throughout an employee lifecycle, including within senior roles as our in house ADHD Works Coach Paul Mosson 🏳️🌈 🏳️⚧️ recently shared at The Law Society of Scotland. There is no ‘one-size-fits-all’ in neurodiversity – or human beings. 👋 Ultimately, our greatest strengths can also be our greatest weaknesses. Recognising and trusting this is key to provide safe environments where everybody is accepted as they are – we’re only human. Here's what I wrote about this for WeAreTheCity: https://lnkd.in/e6Byh4EU Does this resonate with you? What would you add? Become an ADHD Works Coach in January here: https://lnkd.in/eBqn4NRP Get Neuro-Affirmative Training here: https://lnkd.in/eQ8kwkXr #neurodiversity #neurodivergence #disability #superpower The Book Publicist Image Description: blonde woman sitting on a wooden chair against a white background, wearing a black and white chequered jacket, with black shoes and looking down.

Brilliant to see our client Katia Vlachos, Ph.D., author of 'Uncaged: A Good Girl's Journey to Reinvention' (Amplify Publishing Group) sharing her expert advice on handling conflict and maintaining your inner peace during the festive period with The i Paper. https://lnkd.in/epPNwkdH

With the holidays well and truly upon us and social calendars filling up, we were delighted to secure an opportunity for our client Michael Watkins, author of ‘The Six Disciplines of Strategic Thinking’ and IMD professor, to share his advice for using the festive season to your advantage as a business leader with Entrepreneur UK. https://lnkd.in/ekgcX5DN

A busy morning for our client Mark Price, author of 'Happy Economics' (Kogan Page Publishing). Mark's company, WorkL, have today released their 2024 Global Workplace Report and we were thrilled to secure him an interview with BBC News to chat about their latest findings and why it's so important that organisations understand what makes employees happy. Catch Mark on the Business Today programme at 22 mins into this recording: https://lnkd.in/eJWQBvbr And check out WorkL's latest report here: https://lnkd.in/eE7zDtkK

Looking for your next role in BOOKS PUBLICITY? We’re on the lookout for a creative and dynamic PR professional to help bring the ideas of top authors and experts to life! As a Campaigns Manager/Senior Campaigns Manager, you’ll have the opportunity to shape the future of PR for non-fiction books in the UK. But don’t worry about titles—if you’re a talented publicist who’s passionate about books and big ideas, we want to hear from you! Find details here: https://lnkd.in/eyH2aYdB

Struggling to leave work at work? Perhaps you need to practice ‘subconscious feng shui’ to help create healthy work boundaries 🧘 In this great piece for Stylist Magazine, Chris Griffiths and Caragh Medlicott delve into one of the techniques from their new book The Focus Fix - a concept all about giving your mind a good, thorough sort and tidy, leading to increased creativity and productivity, tackling stress and improving focus, as well as setting healthy work-life boundaries ⬇️ https://lnkd.in/eevBBJdf

Ever feel like you're fed up of spending Christmas Day stuck in kitchen? Queen of the Air Fryer and Sunday Times bestselling author Sam Milner has the perfect recipe for you! In Daily Express today, she shares her ultimate recipe for Christmas Dinner and all the trimmings - and it cooks in just one hour: https://lnkd.in/dMbNiC4x

🎄 The festive period can be overwhelming for neurodivergent people, with the disruptions to routine, demands of masking, and endless social expectations. Here are ADHD coach Leanne Maskell's top five ways to cope this Christmas, in Yahoo News ⬇️ https://lnkd.in/eb3jRwe7